Word: larger
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...simply pass the issues by. So long as courage and tolerance and knowledge remain national ideals, they will be automatically affirmed. If, for example, you ask a man if he avoids controversial issues, every positive answer is an avowal of cowardice. Alongside these men, however, there will be a larger, undetected group who have simply drifted with the times. No questionnaire is sensitive to such historical changes in the intellectual climate, nor to unconscious modifications in one's self-portrait...
...addition to rebuilding the interior of the building at 9 Prescott St., contractors will modernize and slightly alter the club. Plans call for a new dining room one-third larger than the former one and a modern office in the right-hand room on the ground floor...
...pilot project, which is to be completed next November, is being financed by a $56,000 grant from the National Institute of Mental Health. The Institute has promised an even larger sum to carry out the final study...
Most criticized were the recommendations for an increased student-faculty ratio, with larger classes and fewer courses. "This is an academic version of inflation," charged Charles R. Cherington '35, profesor of Government...
...compare the life of the average undergraduate today with 40 years ago, I think that he spends a larger part of the total day on studies and does a much better job. (Incidentally, census figures show a very large rise in the percentage of students on the labor market.) He is less interested in the spectacular sports and participates to a greater degree in sports. He is much more interested in the visual arts and, certainly as compared to the thirties' much less interested in politics. On the whole, I would say he makes better use of his time than...